---
title: <img> tag with src that isn't a valid image
slug: Web/Images/Bad_src
---

<!-- exists on disk but isn't actually a real SVG file. -->
<img src="actuallynota.svg">

<!-- resolves, intially, to a directory -->
<img src="/en-us/web">

<!-- actually isn't a valid PNG -->
<img src="actuallynota.png">

<!-- is a zero byte image -->
<img src="empty.gif">
